Hello Josephine, welcome When you joined you were sent a "Welcome" message listing a whole bunch of useful resources which will tell you everything you need to know and more. If you've lost it, you can find the same resources listed here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel
Or just go to the links at the end of every message you receive - to Journey to Forever and the list's archives. >please pardon my ignorance. I am a new member. What is WVO "Waste Vegetable Oil". It's not a very good name because it usually contains residues of animal fats, fish oils etc from what's been cooked in it, but the name has stuck, everybody uses it now. Opposite is "SVO" - Straight Vegetable Oil, uncooked, new, "virgin". In Europe SVO is usually called PPO - Pure Plant Oil. "Crude" oils are as they come from the plant, unrefined, such as Crude Palm Oil - CPO. I don't like acronyms, but these are in common usage now. >and who is NBB? The National Biodiesel Board in the US, which was formed by soy interests and largely controlled by the big corporations involved in industrialised soy production. I suppose you can regard the NBB as the trade association of the big, centralised commercial biodiesel producers in the US. They're not very popular with small-scale producers and home-scale producers, for good reason. There's a good database of biodiesel information at their website though. >What is feedstock? The raw material you use in any production process. In producing biodiesel, the feedstock is the type of oil used, whether WVO or SVO, from soy, sunflower, rapeseed, or whatever. >Thanks for the enlightenment. You're welcome, hope it helps. Best wishes Keith >----- Original Message ----- >From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 12:01 PM >Subject: [biofuel] Re: My view on diesel cars, and a notable event. > > > > Hello Pierre > > > > >Keith, > > > > > >I am looking for reports comparing emissions from virgin vegoil > > >biodiesel and watse oil biodiesel. > > > > > >I have left a couple of messages here and there. > > > > > >Do you have any leads? > > > > No I don't. The EPA accepted the NBB's data on virgin soy biodiesel > > as equivalent to all the rest, whatever the feedstock, including WVO. > > Big-time European producers commonly use WVO, the standards are > > strict there. Why would there be a difference? Unless it's badly > > made, not washed properly. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Keith > > > > > > >Pierre > > > > > > > > >--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > And this is interesting: > > > > > > > > The UC Davis biodiesel study -- "Chemical and Bioassay Analyses of > > > > Diesel and Biodiesel Particulate Matter: Pilot Study -- Final > > >Report" > > > > by Norman Y. Kado, Robert A. Okamoto and Paul A. Kuzmicky, > > >Department > > > > of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, > > > > California, November 1996. This U.S. Department of Energy study > > >found > > > > that the use of pure biodiesel instead of petroleum-based diesel > > >fuel > > > > could offer a 93.6% reduction in cancer risks from exhaust > > >emissions > > > > exposure. Acrobat file, 3.1Mb. > > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/UCDavisBiodiesel.pdf > > > > UC Davis biodiesel study -- summary: the Summary, Results and > > > > Discussion sections of the report, in html format. > > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/UCDavisSumm.html > > > > > > > > Best wishes > > > > > > > > Keith ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
